Exam question 2 · Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit sc…

In what manner did Brer Fox come to be immersed in the pond?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Brer · What happens: come, immerse · To what, where: manner, pond

This is exam question 2 of lesson 575 «Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf, part 11: Rabbit scalds Brer Wolf with hot water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
5	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
6	Fox	Fox	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Brer	flat
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	10 immersed	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 immersed	aux:pass
10	immersed	immerse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 come	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 pond	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pond	det
13	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 immersed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · do-support	Brer			what manner			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location
2	immerse	to-infinitive · passive	Brer not said here			the pond			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in pond=Destination

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

By reaching out to shake hands with a reflection in the still water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 reaching	mark
2	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 shake	nsubj
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 reaching	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shake	mark
5	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shake	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 reflection	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reflection	det
9	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shake	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 water	advmod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach out	gerund							vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	shake	to-infinitive		hands		the water		with a reflection	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in water=Trajectory

Option 2

By bending down to drink from the creek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 bending	mark
2	bending	bend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 bending	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 drink	mark
5	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bending	advcl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 creek	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 creek	det
8	creek	creek	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend down	gerund						down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drink	to-infinitive				the creek			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from creek=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By reaching out to shake hands with a reflection

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 reaching	mark
2	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 reaching	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 shake	mark
5	shake	shake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reaching	xcomp
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shake	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 reflection	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 reflection	det
9	reflection	reflection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shake	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach out	gerund							tree rules
2	shake	to-infinitive		hands				with a reflection	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with reflection=Co-Patient

Option 4

By stepping onto a rotten log in the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 stepping	mark
2	stepping	step	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 log	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 log	det
5	rotten	rotten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 log	amod
6	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepping	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stepping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step	gerund				a rotten log		in the rain	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto log=Trajectory

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